The electricians legislation I was thinking of was the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. That's what I used to justify routine EST during PPM. I was told it "didn't apply" to medical equipment but used it on the basis I stated above, The Risk Manager at that time decided not to argue the point in writing.
The MHRA document DB9801 Supplement 1 "Checks and Tests for New Equipment" quotes a major hospital EBME head bemoaning the fact that only 2 new items failed EST in the last 7 years. With new items its certainly well worth considering taking the manufacturer's EST printoff as proof of safety on new stuff (If you don't already).
Thanks I'll look at the DOS software. I like to keep it simple.
Sumarising the results would take too long. Sorry!
Marc
